DEFINITIVE CHICAGO ALBUMS POLL

Oh come now, they have Roman numerals.

a true chicago fan doesn't need your "roman numerals"

the first album is great. but it wasn't called Chicago. Maybe you aren't counting it?

This might work for early Peter Gabriel.

A+++++++ POLLLLL

I VOTED FOR CHICAGO

lawl

whichever one has 25 or 6 to 4

II i think?

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I voted for CHICAGO, even though, sentimentally, I really favor CHICAGO.

loling like a motherfucker

NO CHICAGO NO CREDIBILITY

Christmas: What's It Gonna Be Santa?

i'd rate them:

CHICAGO >> CHICAGO >>>>>>> CHICAGO/CHICAGO > CHICAGO >>> CHICAGO >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CHICAGO/CHICAGO/CHICAGO > CHICAGO >> CHICAGO >>>> CHICAGO > CHICAGO > CHICAGO >>>>>>> CHICAGO >(just barely) CHICAGO >>> CHICAGO/CHICAGO >>>>>>>> CHICAGO (after CHICAGO i must admit i kind of quit paying attention)

CHICAGO > CHICAGO > CHICAGO

WTF? I can see where you MIGHT put "CHICAGO" before "CHICAGO" but putting "CHICAGO" at the front is just totally RONG!

SATURDAY IN THE PARK I THINK IT WAS THE 4TH OF JUUUUULY

VOTE CHICAGO

You people repping CHICAGO are fucking bananas; have you never actually heard CHICAGO or CHICAGO?

Also I think "25 Or 6 To 4" is on all of their albums.

(i've never actually heard CHICAGO ;_____;)

i'm pretty sure it's not on CHICAGO

xp

It's been pretty much downhill since CHICAGO.

CHICAGO was a surprisingly decent comeback after the disappointments of CHICAGO and CHICAGO though.

CHICAGO had some good stuff on it as I recall

^^ geirbait

this whole thread is geirbait!

da-da-da-da-dahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

DA DAH!

I've only heard up to CHICAGO so I don't really feel qualified to vote here.

But out of the ones I have heard, I'd probably vote CHICAGO.

Which one's the soundtrack?

i havent listened to much chicago, can someone recommend a starting point for me?

Try CHICAGO

The canonical choice is usually CHICAGO, but personally I prefer CHICAGO. Or maybe CHICAGO.

Edd's also right about the "Chicago" album being way way way too long. And I get the idea he likes "Chicago" (which to me just seems marginally sprightly but forgettably rote, like the album "Chicago") more than I do. I guess my big problem with Cetera, just like my big problem with lots of "Chicago" (and maybe "Chicago", and "Chicago", and certain old Chicago classics people seem to love more than me) is that I don't hear enough music in his music -- he acts like the singing and tunes and lyrics will carry the songs on their own, and they're almost never interesting enough. (Obviously, with Chicago at least, there have been exceptions -- most notably "Chicago". But they're pretty rare, I think.) On "Chicago", there's one cut where he tries to rock out, and good for him for trying, I guess, but it comes out really stiff, and the jam never comes close to drawing me in. I do hope that "Chicago" and "Chicago" get to be released before the cycle is over, though. (Oh yeah, there's another album called "Chicago" which I keep hearing as "Chicago" which would possibly make it an accidental UK grime reference. Though of course it doesn't sound grimey enough.)

Speaking of Chicago, these are all their albums that have been on the chart in Billboard that I think I might have liked. I should find time to figure out how much:

"Chicago"
"Chicago"
"Chicago"
"Chicago"
"Chicago"
"Chicago"
"Chicago"
"Chicago"
"Chicago"
"Chicago"

Albums I haven't heard, but I'm curious about, judging from their names: "Chicago", "Chicago", "Chicago", "Chicago", and "Chicago". Still have also yet to hear "Chicago" and "Chicago".

Finally, I like some of the '80s stuff (""Chicago"), guitar stuff ("Chicago"), soul-ish stuff ("Chicago") and stuff where the guitars groove like Blood Sweat and Tears ("Chicago"). The new stuff, who cares. But it might have enough cuts I like to pass.

No new-album songs on myspace yet, but still:

http://www.myspace.com/chicagotheband

-- xhuxk

thx omar

The outtakes from Chicago are actually better than the tracks they ended up releasing on Chicago. (Fortunately, said outtakes are compiled on Chicago.)

HOT STREETS bitches

My God, this is the best poll/thread in recent memory.

No Terry Kath no cred

I. VI
II. III
III. I
IV. V
V. VII
VI. II
VII. VIII
VIII. IV
IX. X

Or do I have that backwards?

What if there's a tie for 1st?

if there is a tie for first, we'll just have a runoff poll.

I vote for Les Stances A Sophie.

I can't remember: Which is the one that had that big "CHICAGO" emblazoned on the cover? I used to own that one. That wasn't bad. (Worth the $1 I paid for it, anyways.) I vote for that one.

Was it this, MVB?

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003G7W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://www.beckysisland.com/images/chialbxv.jpg

Have you ever noticed that if you put all the album titles together, it spells 'Chicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicagochicago'?

I wonder what it all means?

Hmm...don't recall ever seeing that cover before. But I remember the one I owned as having a pretty forgettable cover; so, that may be it.

I bet Chicago will get the lurker vote.

I voted for Chicago...flame away, bitches!

This would've been a funnier joke with an artist whose albums weren't all very clearly numbered.

Shouldn't this be on ITR?

regardless of your opinion of CHICAGO the video for "Stay The Night" is fantastic

http://youtube.com/watch?v=APgQhd7_mwM

My copy of Chicago II just says Chicago on the spine. xpost

first album is called "Chicago Transit Authority," and it's pretty frickin' good, no joke. "Chicago II" also worth the time, even if the lyrics start to get a little meh. EVERY OTHER CHICAGO ALBUM IS TOTALLY INDEFENSIBLE.

Sorry, that was a real answer, i'll get my coat. :(

GO BACK TO CHICAGO

Sorry, that was a real answer,

It was also the CORRECT answer!

(I'm in love with this thread, btw)

http://www.cascadeblues.org/Legends/RobertJohnson/RobertJohnson.jpg

This is actually rong. For the first album, they were called Chicago Transit Authory. Which was the name of that album (still their best btw)

don't agree with me plz, no one will ever check out the album.

It was a toss-up between "Chicago" and "Chicago", with "Chicago" getting the edge because of that one song.

The Kansas and Chicago Show in Boston tonight has been cancelled.
The Chicago and Boston Show in Kansas tonight has been cancelled.
The Boston and Kansas Show In Chicago tonight has been cancelled.

or something like that.

Sorry, that was a real answer, i'll get my coat. :(

-- kenan, Friday, February 15, 2008 5:48 PM

but you were right, doggie!

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Favorite piece of Chicago trivia: They started doing their double albums -- triple if you count the live one -- and multiple-movement suites as a James William Guercio-masterminded plot to get additional songwriting royalties for the band from Columbia. Once record companies decided to only pay ten royalties per record, they immediately went to ten tracks on the next album (Chicago V) and only did one more double album ever.

No Electra Glide In Blue, no credibility.

I hope Spike Jonze has seen that "Stay The Night" video.

I thought this was the poll of lyrics to Roy Ayers' "Chicago."

Can I change my vote, mods?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

"Chicago">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CHICAGO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><i>Chicago</i>

TOMORROW ISN'T MARCH 1.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I won!

fuck, robbed

I can't believe Chicago placed lower than Chicago, Chicago, Chicago, and fucking Chicago!! What's wrong with you people?!

Damned lurker voters.

haha, this poll is hilarious

Wonder what happened to the missing chicago # lp's

WHERE IS HOT STREETS

LMAO this was hilarious.

Also, I hate this band. There's maybe an LP's worth of stuff I can stand and even then only a couple of songs that I'd ever want to put on myself (like "25 or 6 to 4" even though there's an elephantine quality to the horn charts and melody that keep me from completely enjoying it).